The Vercel Sandbox CLI is now more agent-friendly

UpdateAug 18, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The Sandbox CLI version 4.0.1 ships four output and error improvements: New sandboxes point users towards how to connect into them. A sandbox not found error shows where to look for existing sandboxes. Common mistakes, like typing a command after sh , redirect to the command that was intended.

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